A finding by a team of scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College opens the door to better understanding the amino acid taurine's impact on the brain. (Feb. 13, 2008)
'Celebrating Black History: Pivotal Moments, Unique Collections,' a Cornell University Library exhibition, honors the history and contributions African-Americans have made to American life. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Judith E. Holliday, who retired as fine arts librarian in 1996 after almost 40 years on the professional staff of Cornell University Libraries, died Feb. 8. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Engineering students on the AguaClara Project Team pitched the idea of a water plant to the town of Ciudad Espana during the students' two-week stay in Honduras, Jan. 4-20. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Cornell researchers have made nanoresonators with a record high quality factor, or 'Q,' that can detect minute changes in mass or gas pressure. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Cornell Cooperative Extension is launching the Regional Forestry Initiative in 13 New York counties to help more forest owners better manage their arboreal holdings. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Cornell professor emeritus of physics and former department chair Douglas Beach Fitchen, 71, died at home Feb. 9 as a result of complications from cancer. (Feb. 13, 2008)
After more than five years at the helm, Robert L. Brown will step down as director of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center at Cornell, which manages the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. (Feb. 13, 2008)
The first near-Earth triple asteroid was discovered this week by astronomers using the radar telescope at Arecibo Observatory. The objects, which are rotating around each other, are about 7 million miles from Earth. (Feb. 13, 2008)
The Corporation for National and Community Service has honored Cornell for its exemplary local, national and international community-service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. (Feb. 12, 2008)